Award
October 30, 2009
- I've been getting my poetry published for 16 years now. After publishing more than one hundred poems in literary journals I have received: contributor copies, a check for 7$, a check for 88$, prize money of 100$, 50$, and 25$. When I think of the cost of sending my work out (ink, paper, postage, the yearly edition of Poet's Market, pens, etc.), I sometimes wonder why I continue to bother. I know, ...
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August 18, 2009
- Last week, I took two of our WriteGirl alumni mentees to a luncheon by the NWPC (National Women's Political Caucus) where they were honoring Gloria Allred with a Woman of Courage award. Her remarks were poignant and inspiring. She talked about several recent cases and stretched the limits of the sound system with the strength of her voice and her stories. It was particularly moving to hear about ...
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August 12, 2009
- River Bones, received an Honorable Mention in the Mystery/Thriller category of the Eric Hoffer Book Awards competition. Though I wish it could have gone higher, as all writers wish, just making it into the top 10% of all books submitted is a real achievement. That is, River Bones beat out all romance, sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre of books in the Commercial Fiction category. I'm happy. I'm on ...
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July 23, 2009
- Latest Across the Pond and Storyheart News Across the Pond a book for the young and young at heart. YA, teen, romance what ever you like to call it.With the book now being available in book stores I have started to receive some new reviews from the book launch, including this one which is my first at AMAZON ...
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June 30, 2009
- Below is an e-mail I just received from the World HRD Congress in India stating that they want to give me the PRIDE OF HR PROFESSION AWARD. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Jones To: vip-books (at) telus (dot) net Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 6:33 AM Subject: PRIDE OF HR PROFESSION AWARD; INVITATION TO SPEAK at " WORLD HRD CONGRESS 2010" Dear Ernie Zelinski, A lot has ...
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June 10, 2009
- Just a quick note to anyone reading this: my first published novel, "From Where The Rivers Come," was awarded an "honorable mention" in the Fiction category at the New York Book Festival for small-published and self-published works "deserving greater recognition."This is the first award for fiction I've won since high school, and the first professional award with a ...
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May 22, 2009
- Paper Back Writer - a laugh, a joke and an English accent It has been another long week with so much going on that a recap of everything might even help me get to grips with all that has gone on.The week started with a really enjoyable radio interview with Sarah, better known at "GREENBEANTEENQUEEN" A fun Saturday nights Karaokee followed (do you think the word fun is a main stay ...
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May 9, 2009
- Great news for the Hal Spacejock series ... the 2009 Ditmar Awards ballot has just been announced, and Hal Spacejock No Free Lunch (Book 4) is a finalist in the Best Novel category. Last month Hal Spacejock No Free Lunch took out the WA Science Fiction Foundation 'Tin Duck' award for best SF/F/H novel of 2008. Earlier this year it was one of only five finalists in the Aurealis Awards Best SF ...
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May 5, 2009
- FC2 Award: Margo Berdeshevsky's illustrated short stories, "BEAUTIFUL SOON ENOUGH " won FC2's American Book Review/Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize (Nov/2009) ...("thrillingly cutting-edge") ..."Pas de Deux à Trois," (Agni, #66) received "Special Mention" in Pushcart Prize XXXIII (2009) Her commentary, "On the Quality of Mercy" & 3 ...
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May 3, 2009
- Heavens to murgatroyd...it's been NOVEMBER since I last posted. And I've got to tell you, God has a seriously wicked sense of humor. My last entry noted that I had streamlined the regular deadlines and then...well, then God laughed. A friend asked me for a major favor, and I was concerned enough about the economy that I took a "real job" teaching High School choir when the director ...
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